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RE: [magma] IGMP Snooping Vs STP

Subject: RE: [magma] IGMP Snooping Vs STP
From: "Nageswara Soma"
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:14:17 -0800
Please forgive me for not posting the question clearly.
* STP - Spanning Tree Protocol
My question was how do we act on topology change notification
received on local box as a result of STP change on a remote
box?

Thanks Again
Nageswara

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Eubanks [mailto:marshall.eubanks@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:09 AM
> To: Nageswara Soma
> Cc: magma@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [magma] IGMP Snooping Vs STP
> 
> 
> If by STP you mean SPT (Shortest Path Tree), and if you are
> talking about IGMP snooping, then, no.
> 
> I don't even know how the IGMP snooping switch would even 
> know about this,
> assuming it really is remote (i.e., not on the LAN). This is
> done by PIM, not by IGMP.
> 
> Regards
> Marshall
> 
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:37:47 -0800, Nageswara Soma
> <nsoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  
> > 
> > I understand that a snooping switch should trigger 
> > queries to solicit joins whenever there is a layer 2 
> > topology change. One thing I am not very sure about 
> > is do we really need to act on STP changes at a remote 
> > place? This is different from STP changes on local box. 
> > 
> > Appreciate any response. 
> > Nageswara 
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